File #: ORD 24-008    Name: ordinance amending Title 21 (non-coastal zoning ordinance) of the Monterey County Code to add a new Chapter 21.92 for Mitigation Requirements for Development on Farmland in the inland areas of unincorporated Monterey County Project Title: REF220044
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/5/2024 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 3/12/2024 Final action: 3/12/2024
Title: Public Hearing to consider adoption of an ordinance amending Title 21 (non-coastal zoning ordinance) of the Monterey County Code to add a new Chapter 21.92 for Mitigation Requirements for Development on Farmland in the inland areas of unincorporated Monterey County Project Title: REF220044 - Regulations to Mitigate for Development on Farmland Proposed Location: Inland unincorporated area Proposed California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) action: Categorically Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15308 and consistent with the scope of the previously certified Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162.
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Attachment A - Proposed Ordinance, 3. Attachment B - Detailed Discussion, 4. Attachment C - Planning Commission Resolution, 5. Attachment D - Correspondence, 6. Attachment E - Policy AG-1.12, 7. Attachment F - Agricultural Advisory Committee Action Minutes – September 28, 2023, 8. Attachment G - Proposed Ordinance with Redline Options, 9. Attachment H - Board Report, February 27, 2024, 10. Item No. 22 Presentation, 11. Completed Board Order Item No. 22, 12. Ordinance No. 5414, 13. REVISED Board Order Item No. 22, 14. REVISED Ordinance No. 5414
Title
Public Hearing to consider adoption of an ordinance amending Title 21 (non-coastal zoning ordinance) of the Monterey County Code to add a new Chapter 21.92 for Mitigation Requirements for Development on Farmland in the inland areas of unincorporated Monterey County
Project Title: REF220044 - Regulations to Mitigate for Development on Farmland
Proposed Location: Inland unincorporated area
Proposed California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) action: Categorically Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15308 and consistent with the scope of the previously certified Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Find adoption of the ordinance categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15308 and consider and find adoption of the ordinance is consistent with the scope of the certified FEIR for the 2010 General Plan pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162; and
b. Adopt an ordinance (Attachment A) amending Title 21 (non-coastal zoning ordinance) of the Monterey County Code to add a new Chapter 21.92 for Mitigation Requirements for Development on Farmland in the inland areas of unincorporated Monterey County.

SUMMARY:
Staff presented the proposed ordinance to the Board of Supervisors (Board) on February 27, 2024, at a duly noticed public hearing. Staff conducted a presentation and received public and Board comments and input. The Board continued the item to March 12, 2024, and asked staff to return with additional options for Board consideration. Staff has included options to the proposed ordinance in Attachment G to respond to concerns about possible impacts on housing and affordable housing development.

Attachment G includes the following options for consideration:

* Section 21.92.060.D.1-2 - This option would decrease the base mitigation by an additional .125 for both Prime Farmland and Statewide, Unique, and Local Farmland for...

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